State ex rel. City of Minneapolis v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of the city of Minneapolis the district court for Hennepin county granted its alternative writ of mandamus commanding defendant to lay a creosoted wood block paving, on a concrete foundation, upon the driveway on the northwesterly approach to a certain bridge in that city over defendant’s railway tracks. The matter was heard before Steele, J., who made findings and ordered a peremptory writ.
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Upon the relation of the city of Minneapolis the district court for Hennepin county granted its alternative writ of mandamus commanding defendant to lay a creosoted wood block paving, on a concrete foundation, upon the driveway on the northwesterly approach to a certain bridge in that city over defendant’s railway tracks. The matter was heard before Steele, J., who made findings and ordered a peremptory writ. From the judgment entered pursuant to the order for judgment, defendent appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
Fourth street southeast in Minneapolis is crossed by defendant’s tracks at Fifteenth avenue southeast. Some years ago the defendant *165built a bridge on Fourth street over its tracks at that point. The bridge is eight feet higher than the street level at Fourteenth avenue, a block away, and a little mb re than that above the lot level. For this distance of a block Fourth street was filled with a solid dirt fill for its full width sloping gradually upward from Fourteenth avenue to the line of the bridge, thus making an incline of a little less than a four per cent grade. Fourth street is much…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- State ex rel. City of Minneapolis v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Joyce v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- State ex rel. City of Minneapolis v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
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